Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,977, Henry Doar, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Dear Henry Dear.
NUMBER
R. 2977
CONTENTS
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Declaration, in order to obtain, the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832
Hancock p. State of Maine
On this tenth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Job Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate (now sitting Henry Doar a resident of Penobscot in the County of Hancock State of Maine aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That he enlisted in the year 1779 for three years with one David Berry a Sergeant in the company of Capt. Burten in the continental line of the Army & was to be in readiness to march when called for - being young he was not called for imme- diately & about six months after said enlistment there was a call for the militia at Pittston then in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the State of Maine, where he then resided that he then volunteered in a Regiment of Massachusetts militia for six months, the regiment was commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb, the other field officers not recollected - in the company of Capt. Hale. Lieut. Foster - Insign not recollected, that he joined the regiment at Townsend, now in the State of Maine & then embarked with the expedition to the Penobscot, under the com- mands of Gen. Lovell, & landed at Castine, was at the siege at that place, & in several skirmishes, the British having the possession of the fort. That he remained at Castine till the British fleet came up & drove them off, they went up the River a short distance was landed & he returned

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace within & for the County of Hancock, State of Maine Henry Doar who, being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age, & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not up than the period mentioned below & in the following grades. For two years I served as a private in the Massachussetts Militia & for such service I claim a pension.
State of Maine Hancock p.
his Henry Doar mark-
Subscribed & sworn to this sixth day of May A.D. 1833 Before me
G. H. North Linden Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Hancock p.
I (H. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles H. Tilden is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid & the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eighth day of July A.D. 1833.
H. Williams Register of the Court of Probate

The Stephen Wardwell a clergyman, residing in the town of Penobscot and Charles Hutchings residing in Penobscot of aforesaid hereby certify that we are three acquainted with Henry Doar, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion. Stephen Wardwell Charles Hutchings Jr Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me
J. Nelson Judge of the court of Probate And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Stephen Wardwell who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Penobscot aforesaid & that Charles Hutchings Jr who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Penobscot aforesaid & is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Nelson Judge of the court of Probate
J. H. Williams Register of the court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Henry Doar for a pension; & that J. Nelson is Judge of the court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid, & that the signatures annexed purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of October (A.D. 1832).
H. Williams Register of the court of Probate

Power of attorney call John Doan son of Henry Doan
By G. A. Haisler Sep 1852

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine
County of Hancock
Charles K. Tilden
John Doar
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Be it known that before me
a Justice of the Peace personally appeared aged 66 years, who being duly cautioned and
then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the Son of Henry Doar
who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine
and that he died on the 22 nd day of Feby 1842 and that his mother named
Abigail died on the 23 rd day of June 1847, and that they were
married on the  day of July in the year 1785, and that they were residents of Gardner
in the State of Maine and that they resided there about eight years, and that
he resides in Wetmore-Tre and that furthermore He BY THESE
PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as Son of Henry Doar who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He has on this Twenty fifth day of June 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
John Doar
Witness: Samuel Dunbar
Witness: Chas. W. Tilden
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 25 th day of June 1852.
Charles K. Tilden J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me Charles K. Tilden a Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Samuel Dunbar and Charles W. Tilden residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Henry Doar was a Revolutionary soldier and that John Doar was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the Son - of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Samuel Dunbar
Chas. W. Tilden
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
Charles K. Tilden J. P.
State of Maine
County of Hancock
to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Charles K. Tilden Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this Twenty ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
Richard W. Peasey Clerk.
* If a Widow under the provisions of an act, and not of death of her husband.

Henry Roar
Suspended
Maine
Let to Hon J. A. Lord
March 1 st 1841
Act June 7 th 1832

Papers of James Davis. Pensioned Connecticut. 1832. for Mr. Haskell

14,005
Maine
2977
abt - 7 June 32

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2477
P. O. _____
Henry Boar
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____
REJECTED
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Discharged: _____
, 18
Application filed: _____
, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract.
Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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14,005. Henry Doan. " " v
Hn. J. A. Lowell NR

Hancock J. June 5 th . 1833.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alexander M c Goshin whose deposition was taken by me & contained on the other leaf of this paper is a man of truth & his statement entitled to full credit - Pilatiah Leach Jr. Justice of the Peace -
State of Maine
Hancock J.
I Eliz Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Pilatiah Leach Jr. is a Justice of the Peace within the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eighth day of July A.D. 1833.
Eliz Williams Register of the Court of Probate

I Alexander McCaslin, of Penobscot in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, testify and say that I recollect of Henry Door now of said Penobscot enlisting in the United States service, in the Revolutionary War, and that said Door, enlisted at Pittston on Kennebec River, now in the State of Maine, under Sergeant David Berry, in a company commanded by Capt. William Burten, and in a Regiment of which Henry Sherburn was Colonel and — Bradford was Major, (Dont Recollect given name of last mentioned officer) and that the said Door enlisted for three years as a Soldier, in the same Company I enlisted in, and that I was taken to West Point in the State of New York, and said Door was to remain at the place where he enlisted, until ordered otherwise to further I know not. I further testify say that during the time I was in the service, which was three years, and on my return from the service I understood  in said Door had been in the actual service, and have no doubts in my mind but what he was.
Penobscot Sept. 30 th 1832
Alexander McCaslin his mark X

Hancock ss. On the thirtyth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, the aforesaid deponent was examined and sworn, agreeably to law, to the within deposition by him subscribed, taken by request of Henry Dyer .
Pelatiah Leach Jr. Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine
Hancock ss.
I W. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Pelatiah Leach Jr. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the signature hereunto annexed purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand & seal of office this tenth day of October A.D. 1832.
W. Williams Register of the Court of Probate.

I William Davis of the city of Portland in the county of Cumberland State of Maine of the age of sixty six years, depose and say that I have known Henry Door of Penobscot in the county of Hancock  Penobscot an applicant for a pension as a soldier of the American Revolution ever since I was eight years old and I well can remember that said Door & myself went a fishing with my father in his fishing boat when I was eight or ten years old according to my best recollection as to the time - and that when we returned from an fishing voyage he the said Door enlisted as a soldier in a company stationed at the fort at the mouth of Kennebec river for a term of six months and according to the best of my recollection. I am not able to state the name of the captain of the company in which said Door enlisted nor the name of the commander of the regiment to which said company belonged; but it was by all people considered a regular company in the public service and in the Massachusetts line. I further depose and say that after the said Door enlisted as before mentioned he returned in an fishing boat with my father and myself to his home and collected his clothes & repaired to the said fort within a few days. I further depose and say that I did not see said Door after he repaired to the fort as above mentioned until his term of enlistment was expired as I then understood and have always understood & believed and do now fully believe - but I have no doubt and never have doubted but that said Door was in actual service in said company during the term of his said enlistment until I saw him afterwards as aforesaid.
Witness J. D. Hopkins
The mark X of William Davis.
State of Maine.
Cumberland ss.
On the fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four William Davis the foregoing deponent personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing deposition by him signed is just & true according to his best knowledge and belief before me the undersigned - And I do certify that the said William Davis is a person of fair character and that good faith & credit is due to his depositions under oath.
James D. Hopkins Dist. of the peace

Alex M c Cassalini Deposition, Jan. 28. 1841.

I Alexander Mc Cassalin formerly of Pittston in the County of Penobscot, now of Penobscot in the County of Hancock, of State of Maine lawful age do testify and say, that I was born in said Pittston A.D. 1763, that at the age of fifteen in the spring of 1778, I enlisted at said Pittston under David Bemy enlisting officer in the Army of the Revolution, with order to hold myself in readiness for actual service, that during the ensuing spring, I was called upon to join the army by virtue of said enlistment and marched under Capt. William Barton, I do fur- ther testify & say that I have been acquainted with (Bemy) Dorr formerly of said Pittston, now of said Penobscot, from my boyhood, - that he was born at said Pittston in said year of 1763, - that I was personally knowing to his having enlisted in the army at the same time that I did for a term of three years, & under the same officers, - that from my ha- ving been called into service separately from him, I do not per- sonally know of his going into actual service, But from my intercourse with him, having always since the close of the war, resided in the same neighborhood, I have no doubt of his having been in actual service during the continuance of the war, Penobscot, Hancock Co. his Maine, Jan'y 28. 1841. Alexander Mc Cassalin. mark
Hancock ss Jan'y 28. A.D. 1841.
Personally appeared Alexander Mc Cassalin and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is as true. Before me George W. Brown Justice of the Peace.
M. Bluchier Hancock Co. Maine Jan'y 28. 1841.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Alexander Mc Cassalin named in the foregoing af- fidavit, and that he sustains an unimpeachable moral ch- aracter among his friends and neighbors,
George W. Brown Justice of said Co.

Henry Doar
1779. 3 rd . minute man
Capt. Dana Barry
Vol. Capt. H. C. Le M c Coll
6 m th .
Nov. 1779 Vol. Capt. Barry's Amends Col. M c Coll.
Dr. Sun d h 1781

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 20 th 1834.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Henry Door as a private is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Timothy Heald's Company, in Col. Sam l  McColb's Regt. in the expedition against Penobscot. where he is allowed from June 30 th 1779 to Sept 23 rd 79. two months and twenty seven days. ————— m do 2- 27
Henry Doar claims for services under Capt. Heald. in Col. Sam l  McColb's Regt. in 1779. But the roll which he describes is not found in this Office. End.
Edward D. Bangs

Ho. Reps. Feb. 22 o 1841.
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith the Papers in the case of an Application for a Pension by Henry Doan of Penobscot, Maine. The Papers in the case with the two letters from Geo. W. Brown Esq., of the 28 th Ult o , contain all the information I have on the subject.
With great respect Yr obed Servt J. M. Lawrence.
James L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.